100 Degrees In The Shade

Down in Mississippi in the august sun
When you’re busting lime all day and night
You got plenty of time to think of all you done

Down in Mississippi working up the tracks
Doing time for my brother’s crime
Till the day I die or the Lord comes back

Oh Lord I’m living life on the end of a chain
Oh Lord and it’s 100 degrees in the shade

Down in Mississippi what do I spy
A shiny thing what could it be
It’s the boss’s keys for the boys and I

Down in Mississippi fella’s here’s the plan
We can’t make a sound and when we hit the ground
Don’t let me down we only got one chance

Oh Lord we’re living life on the end of a chain
Oh Lord and it’s 100 degrees in the shade

They’ll turn the hounds on us when they see we’re on the run
I’d rather face the dogs than live out my life like one

Oh Lord we’re living life on the end of a chain
Oh Lord and it’s 100 degrees in the shade

Oh Lord we’re living life on the end of a chain
Oh Lord and it’s 100 degrees in the shade

It’s 100 degrees in the shade
It’s 100 degrees in the shade

Down in Mississippi working up the tracks
Doing time for my brother’s crime
Till the day I die or the Lord comes back